Antonyms for resentment

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ri-zent-muhnt

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈzɛnt mənt

Definition of resentment

Origin : 1610s, from French ressentiment (16c.), verbal noun from ressentir (see resent).
"Ridicule often parries resentment, but resentment never yet parried ridicule." [Walter Savage Landor, "Imaginary Conversations"]

noun hate, anger

Example sentences :

Harriett had a little shock of dismay and resentment, hating change.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

By expecting it from others half our resentment is forestalled.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

The face of the Gascon darkened, and his eyes flashed with resentment.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

She dropped into her chair, with a flash of resentment at the proximity of the other table.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

But she is cunning in love's ways and dulls Shakespeare's resentment with "I don't hate you."
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

Her eyes were bent upon the floor, and a look, not now of resentment, but of—was it fear?
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

This resentment was seldom expressed, but its flame scorched her soul.
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

Rulledge demanded, with a resentment which we felt so droll in him that we laughed.
Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells

But nevertheless I am very far from blaming you for your resentment.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Lumley, burning with resentment, longed to decline the offer; but, alas!
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Synonyms for resentment

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